λάπαθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λᾰ́πᾰθον (lápathon)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix -θος.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.pa.tʰos/ → /ˈla.pa.θos/ → /ˈla.pa.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.pa.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.pa.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.pa.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.pa.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.pa.θos/

Noun

λᾰ́πᾰθος • (lápathos) m (genitive λᾰπᾰ́θου); second declension

1. pitfall for wild beasts

   Synonym: σιρός (sirós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λᾰ́πᾰθος; τοῦ λᾰπᾰ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λᾰ́πᾰθος ho lápathos	τὼ λᾰπᾰ́θω tṑ lapáthō	οἱ λᾰ́πᾰθοι hoi lápathoi
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰπᾰ́θου toû lapáthou	τοῖν λᾰπᾰ́θοιν toîn lapáthoin	τῶν λᾰπᾰ́θων tôn lapáthōn
Dative	τῷ λᾰπᾰ́θῳ tôi lapáthōi	τοῖν λᾰπᾰ́θοιν toîn lapáthoin	τοῖς λᾰπᾰ́θοις toîs lapáthois
Accusative	τὸν λᾰ́πᾰθον tòn lápathon	τὼ λᾰπᾰ́θω tṑ lapáthō	τοὺς λᾰπᾰ́θους toùs lapáthous
Vocative	λᾰ́πᾰθε lápathe	λᾰπᾰ́θω lapáthō	λᾰ́πᾰθοι lápathoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λάπαθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λάπαθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN